ADABAS/Natural Admin

ADABAS/Natural Admin

Remote - resources MUST come on-site (5 days) for the first week of the contract at their own expense. The resource may work remote in the US for the rest of the duration of the contract.

Candidate Location: Candidate MUST be a SC resident or willing to come on-site to Columbia, SC for the first week of the contract at their own expense.

Minimum Qualifications

• Handson experience administering ADABAS databases and Natural Security (Software AG stack) in production environments.
• Working knowledge of CONNX or comparable ADABAS data access tools, including installation, configuration, and user enablement.
• Proficiency with environment refreshes, backup/restore procedures, performance tuning, and scripting (e.g., Natural utilities).
• Practical experience implementing rolebased access control, security reviews, and audit documentation for regulated environments.
• Familiarity with SDLC/change control across dev/test/prod and maintaining a formal data dictionary.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to write user guides and support analysts and business users.
• Minimum of eight years managing Software AG ADABAS and Natural.
• Experience with broader Software AG tools (e.g., NaturalONE, Predict, EntireX) and DDM management best practices.

Preferred Qualifications

• Exposure to capacity planning, platform modernization, and performance engineering.
• Participation in BC/DR program development and exercises.

Required Skills

• Minimum of eight years managing Software AG ADABAS and Natural.
• Hands-on experience administering ADABAS databases and Natural Security (Software AG stack) in production environments.
• Working knowledge of CONNX or comparable ADABAS data access tools, including installation, configuration, and user enablement.
• Proficiency with environment refreshes, backup/restore procedures, performance tuning, and scripting (e.g., Natural utilities).
• Practical experience implementing role-based access control, security reviews, and audit documentation for regulated environments.
• Familiarity with SDLC/change control across dev/test/prod and maintaining a formal data dictionary.
• Experience with broader Software AG tools (e.g., NaturalONE, Predict, EntireX) and DDM management best practices

Preferred Skills

• Exposure to capacity planning, platform modernization, and performance engineering.
• Participation in BC/DR program development and exercises.
• Experience with open systems - Linux background (2 years of experience preferred).